Dropout Rates in the United States: 1994

Table 31-Percentage of 1988 eighth graders with children, by time of birth of first child, by high school completion status: 1994

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                                        Prior to         After
                                      August 1992/*    August 1992
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   Total                                  49.0            51.0

1994 high school completion status
 High school graduates                    35.2            64.9
 GED/certificate                          65.9            34.1
 Enrolled                                 54.9            45.1
 Dropouts                                 61.9            38.1
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*/Includes August 1992 births.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, Third Followup Survey, 1994, unpublished data.

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